Land Development Co. v. Schulz

The plaintiff, claiming %o interest in two lots in New Orleans, and conceding that the defendant Mrs. Ellen Seyer Schulz owned %oo interest, and alleging that the other defendant, John Jenkins, owned !%00 interest, sued for a partition, of the property. Plaintiff averred that it was not known where John Jenkins was, 'or whether he was dead or alive, and prayed for the appointment of a curator to represent him if alive, or to represent his heirs if he was dead. The curator was appointed, and, in answer to the suit, claimed for Jenkins or his heirs the i%q0 interest, in the land, and opposed…